Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

A Ghost In The Throat by Doireann Ní Ghríofa

3 reviews

feralbookwife's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

Just when I was ready to take a break from memoirs, this one knocked my socks off. Went into this one completely blind, just liking the title and cover style, and could not have picked a more poignant book. This is a powerful, deeply honest text with lots of tears along the way. 

CW: animal death, pregnancy, birth trauma, murder, violence, sexism, mental health, autopsy 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cancer, Death, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Grief, Murder, and Blood

Moderate: Car accident, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Colonisation, and Child death

penofpossibilities's review

4.0

The first half of this book struck more heartstrings, especially the beginning is phenomenal. This author is very clever and her writing is clearly honed with skill and wit and emotion. Not a favourite, but highly highly recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Car accident, Animal death, and Grief

Moderate: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Miscarriage, Suicide attempt, Medical trauma, and Medical content

lou_o_donnell's review

challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Miscarriage, and Murder

Minor: Cancer, Gun violence, Mental illness, and Religious bigotry